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Cake day: Jun 30, 2023

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I’ve had enough of the talking heads. I’m just going to check in on the AP News results map occasionally. Fortunately I have a few days off, so I’m going to distract myself otherwise.

https://apnews.com/projects/election-results-2024/


Sugarcane Trailer (2024) - A documentary about residential schools from Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie, and National Geographic
In 2021, evidence of unmarked graves was discovered on the grounds of an Indian residential school run by the Catholic Church in Canada. After years of silence, the forced separation, assimilation and abuse many children experienced at these segregated boarding schools was brought to light, sparking a national outcry against a system designed to destroy Indigenous communities. Set amidst a groundbreaking investigation, SUGARCANE illuminates the beauty of a community breaking cycles of intergenerational trauma and finding the strength to persevere. https://films.nationalgeographic.com/sugarcane
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“Reel Injun” - Full documentary via TVO by Cree-Canadian filmmaker Neil Diamond
Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond takes an entertaining and insightful look at the "Hollywood Indian", exploring the portrayal of North American Indigenous peoples through a century of cinema. Traveling through the heartland of America, and into the Canadian North, Diamond looks at how the myth of “the Injun” has influenced the world’s understanding – and misunderstanding – of Indigenous peoples. Reel Injun traces the evolution of cinema’s depiction of Indigenous people from the silent film era to today, with clips from hundreds of classic and recent Hollywood movies, and candid interviews with celebrated Indigenous and non-Indigenous film celebrities, activists, film critics and historians.
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Thanks for calling that out. I’m sure it’s a complex problem, especially for remote reserves. I just found out about this organisation who seem to be actively tackling part of the problem https://waterfirst.ngo/


There is a community outside Toronto where most people can’t drink their tap water. Patience is running out.
> Ellie’s home, like most in Six Nations, isn’t connected to municipal water. On the sprawling reserve in Southwestern Ontario, roughly 70 per cent of households, or about 8,500 people, are without piped, reliable drinking water. The Six Nations reserve is a 1 hour 20 minute drive West from Niagara
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I would absolutely love to stop following American news, and that will happen when I don’t have to worry about Trumpf infecting world politics.


The Government of Canada and the Government of Alberta will match every dollar donated by Canadians to the Canadian Red Cross 2024 Alberta Fires Appeal. This means that every $1 donated will become $3 to support those affected by the wildfires.
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The current versions of ChatGPT are quite stable in their outputs. If I enter the title and subtitle of this article, it completes it with very similar results:


Of the four features it claims are new in ES2023, the first two are false (but plausible, I suppose), the third is nonsensical (It's just destructuring), and the last feature was released in ES2017.
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